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The Calgary City Council is the legislative governing body that represents the citizens of Calgary. The council consists of 15 members: the chief elected official, titled the mayor, and 14 councillors. Jyoti Gondek was elected mayor in October 2021 as the city's 37th. Each of the 14 councillors represent one of the city's 14 wards.
In the early history of Calgary from 1884 to 1888, three Councillors were elected at-large by all electors, then from 1888 to 1893, six Councillors were elected. Following the passage of the Calgary Charter (Ordinance 33 of 1893), which provided "City" status to Calgary, the Councillors were elected to represent wards of the City. [2]
The 2021 Calgary municipal election was held on October 18, 2021, to elect a mayor and fourteen councillors to the Calgary City Council.. In conjunction with the elections for Calgary City Council, residents cast ballots for trustees of the Calgary Board of Education and the Calgary Catholic School District, a municipal vote on the question of returning to fluoridation of the city's water ...
Mayors of Calgary Mayor Term began Term ended Time in office 1: George Murdoch [a]: December 4, 1884: October 21, 1886: 1 year, 321 days 2: George Clift King
Calgary City Hall (often called Old City Hall or Historic City Hall), is the seat of government for Calgary City Council, located in the city's downtown core of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The historic building completed in 1911 serves as the offices for Calgary City Council, consisting of the office of the Mayor , fourteen Councillors and ...
Calgary is the largest city in the Canadian province of Alberta.It is the largest metro area within the three prairie provinces.As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,680,000 making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in Canada.
Farkas was born and raised in the southeast Calgarian neighbourhood of Dover.His father left communist Hungary in 1956 [14] and settled in Calgary. [15]After graduating from Calgary's Bishop Carroll High School, Farkas achieved a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Calgary, where he worked as the Executive Administrator for the Israel Studies Program and as a Research ...
The Calgary Municipal Building, often referred to as New City Hall, is the seat of local government for the city of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.The building has been the centre for civic administration for the City of Calgary since it opened in 1985 to consolidate city administration, provide council chambers, and complement old Calgary City Hall, which is used as the offices of the mayor and ...